full-time work

Forty weekly hours

Full-time work is employment that occupies the standard maximum working hours, typically 35-40 hours per week depending on the country or industry.

The designation often determines eligibility for benefits like health insurance and paid leave: She's looking for full-time work so she can get benefits.

Contrast with part-time work, which involves fewer hours.

Opposites
hours/schedule commitment

full-time workpart-time work

Employment below full hours

part-time employment · part-time job · casual work · reduced hours · flextime

employment stability/structure

full-time workfreelance work

Self-directed paid projects

gig work · contract work · temporary work · freelancing · casual employment

labor force participation

full-time workunemployment

Being without paid work

joblessness · retirement · not working · leisure · idleness

Family

work, time, full, full-time

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